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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – With the wind gusting all afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium on Saturday afternoon, goals were hard to come by for the Sacred Heart women's lacrosse team in a 11-4 loss at Hofstra. The Pioneers drop to 1-7 on the season with the defeat while the Pride improve to 6-3.

SCORE Hofstra 11 / Sacred Heart 4

RECORDS Sacred Heart (1-7) / Hofstra (6-3)

LOCATION James M. Shuart Stadium / Hempstead, N.Y.

First Half (6-2 HOF)

In a game largely controlled by the Pride, the Pioneers were able to score first as Lydia Werlau scored her first of three on the day with a goal just 2:12 into play

The Pride defense took over in the remainder of the half, outscoring SHU 6-1 over the final 27-plus minutes of play in the first half

Hofstra went on a 6-0 run after the Werlau goal before Cassie Cesario scored with 2:09 remaining to make it 6-2 heading into halftime

Second Half (11-4 HOF)

Hofstra continued to pile on the goals in the second half as the Pride scored five unanswered across nearly 27 minutes of play coming out of halftime

After scoring four in the first half, one of the nation's leaders in goals Hofstra's Alyssa Parrella scored three more in the second to up her season total to 42

Werlau added a pair of goals late in the game for SHU, the first of which coming off a feed from Cesario before she put in an unassisted tally with 2:10 remaining

NOTES

Werlau continues to be a go-to scorer on this team as she pumped in her third hat trick of the season

Werlau has notched at least one point in all seven games she has played this season

Over the last two games alone, Werlau has seven goals and eight points

Shana Hecht continued to show well in the cage for SHU as she tallied 12 saves, just two off her season-high

Hecht runs her double digit save streak to four straight games

Cesario tallied two points (one goal, one assist) as she combined with Werlau to account for the Pioneer scoring on the day